News from U.S. Department of Education
| Graduation Rates of NCAA Tournament Teams In a call with reporters, Secretary Duncan explained why NCAA teams that fail to graduate 40% of their players should be ineligible for post-season competition. Publ.Date : Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:27:00 GMT School Construction Bonds ED and the Treasury Department announced $11 billion in allocation authority under the Recovery Act for bonds to build and renovate schools, and create jobs. Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:00 GMT Low-Performing Schools Minnesota will receive over $34 million to turn around its lowest achieving schools through the School Improvement Grants program. Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:23:00 GMT National Financial Capability Challenge Students, show what you know about personal finance by taking this voluntary online challenge. Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:30:00 GMT Civil Rights Website, Data Collection The Office of Civil Rights launched a new website and announced it will collect new data to gauge whether all students have equal educational opportunity. Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:00 GMT ESEA Plan: Flexibility, Resources, Accountability The Obama administration's blueprint to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act will support state and local efforts to help ensure that all students graduate prepared for college and a career. Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:32:00 GMT Investing in Innovation The grant application and final priorities for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) are now available. Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:24:00 GMT Education Stakeholders Forum The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is the focus of our next Education Stakeholders Forum on March 19. Publ.Date : Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:28:00 GMT High School Commencement Challenge The White House and ED announced the Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, inviting public schools to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation this spring. Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:10:00 GMT Detroit Discusses Turnaround Efforts More than 250 community leaders, educators, parents, and students gathered to discuss turning around the Detroit area's lowest-achieving schools. Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:09:00 GMT WNET.org Celebration of Teaching and Learning Secretary Arne Duncan participated in the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in New York City, where over 8,500 educators across the nation took part in discussions about the future of our schools. Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:08:00 GMT WhiteHouse.gov Features Education Each day this week WhiteHouse.gov will highlight ED efforts to help reach the President's goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:25:00 GMT Child Nutrition Act Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's priorities for reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act "would be a major step in the right direction for the health and well-being of our school children," Secretary Duncan said. Publ.Date : Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:10:00 GMT Restraint and Seclusion Information ED published a summary of state laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines regarding the use of restraint and seclusion techniques in schools. Publ.Date : Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:33:00 GMT Recovery Act Anniversary Secretary Duncan and Congressman Connolly visited Riverside Elementary School in Virginia for the one-year anniversary of the Recovery Act. Publ.Date : Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:24:00 GMT We want your feedback! Please let us know what you think of this news feed. Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:27:44 GMT Increase Web Traffic |
- Login to post comments
